Help with textured food
Hi there, my 8 1/2 month old little girl has been eating puréed fruit from 4 months.
My current feeding regime is as follows:
8oz bottle of milk in the morning (7-8am)
Mid morning fruit purée
8oz bottle of milk at lunchtime (11am-12pm)
Puréed savoury and pudding (yoghurt, banana custard, baby rice pudding etc) this is at “tea time” (4pm ish)
Final bottle of milk at bed time (this can vary between 4-8oz)
My concern is that I have tried more textured food but she just gags and has at times resulted in her vomiting and I’m worried she will choke so I have stuck to puréed foods. I want to try and get her into more textures and away from the purées, I haven’t tried finger foods due to being worried about her gagging just from slightly less puréed fruits. She is also sometimes very sick either during or after her final bottle of milk at bedtime.
For the last 2 days I have given her just milk and a puréed fruit snack and she hasn’t vomited.
So should I just continue and persevere and sit her with finger foods?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks a lot.
My current feeding regime is as follows:
8oz bottle of milk in the morning (7-8am)
Mid morning fruit purée
8oz bottle of milk at lunchtime (11am-12pm)
Puréed savoury and pudding (yoghurt, banana custard, baby rice pudding etc) this is at “tea time” (4pm ish)
Final bottle of milk at bed time (this can vary between 4-8oz)
My concern is that I have tried more textured food but she just gags and has at times resulted in her vomiting and I’m worried she will choke so I have stuck to puréed foods. I want to try and get her into more textures and away from the purées, I haven’t tried finger foods due to being worried about her gagging just from slightly less puréed fruits. She is also sometimes very sick either during or after her final bottle of milk at bedtime.
For the last 2 days I have given her just milk and a puréed fruit snack and she hasn’t vomited.
So should I just continue and persevere and sit her with finger foods?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks a lot.
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I would suggest a few things.
Try getting some veggies in her so she doesn't just have a taste for sweet foods - some boiled carrot sticks, fingers of cucumber to chew on, some baby finger food crisps that dissolve when they are sucked. She will likely gag, but try not to panic, and just be with her when she's trying stuff out.
I would also offer things like fingers of toast (cut the crusts off), and actually get some meals into her, so if you're making spag bol, blend it up a bit - not smooth, but textured and try that (stains so much though so be warned!)
They don't need to be on 3 meals a day until they are about 1 year old, so don't fret about milk intake - it's still all about the milk, while you introduce new tastes.
My daughter didn't get weaning until she was at least 9 months old and it was slow going, but your daughter will get there.
Again, thank you so much 😊
You know how it is, they like to keep us on our toes! This one's just messing with you!
It'll happen, just taking her longer than her siblings, but it's amazing how much of it all you do forget! Now i've got a bit of a hankering for some cauli cheese too! Give it a good old mushing and let me know how it goes.
Bear in mind, the cucumber is good more for sucking and chewing on, rather than chomping and eating.
You most def aren't the only mum wondering about all of this - i did things so different with my kids - the first one was all organic, pureed to perfection, all fresh, homemade food. Second kid, whatever i could get her to eat, I would!
We're having a roast chick tomorrow - already planned! 😉
I suppose it’s also just a case of working with them and being patient, they are in charge at the end of the day! Not forever though as my teenage daughter would tell you!
It’s mainly the vomiting I was worrying about, this week I have started a food diary just in case it continues and I need to seek medical advise, I can go in prepared.
Hmm, I could sure chow down on some roast chicken right now but bath time is calling, later tonight due to my middle child (not a nice term!) having an archery tournament, looking forward to bed time 😴😴